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The Thomas J. Watson Library, the central library of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, acquires, provides access to, and preserves research materials concerning the history of art and related disciplines. The primary mission of the library is to support the research activities of the Museum staff; in addition, it serves an international community of researchers. Watson Library's collection of books and periodicals relating to the history of art is one of the most comprehensive in the world.



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The Jewelers' Circular
The Jewelers' Circular
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The Jewelers’ Circular and Horological Review (1873–1912) was the leading American trade publication for jewelry, silver, watch and clock businesses. Publication frequency varied but was typically weekly.  Formed through the merger of Jewelers’ Circular (dates unknown) and American Horological Journal (1869–1873), The Jewelers’ Circular and Horological Review absorbed Jewelers’ Weekly (established in 1887) in 1900 and Jewelers’ Review (established 1887) in 1902.  The publication...
Sale held at Astor residence
Topics: Astor, Vincent, 1891-1959, Vincent Astor
xix [i.e. ix], 358 p. ; 23 cm
Topics: Art auctions -- Indexes, Art auctions -- History -- 19th century
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Place of sale: New York; Date of sale: Apr. 21-May 5, 1910
Topic: Auction catalogs
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To be sold by order of Mr. Charles Austin Hobbs, Executor, Mr. Frank Gaylord Cook, Attorney --T.p ; Lancour, 4614 ; Lugt, 86471 ; Place of sale: New York ; Date of sale: Mar. 4-7, 1924 ; Watson Library copy: annotated with prices
Topic: William Whiting Nolen
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Viestnik iziashchnykh iskustv was published by the Imperatorskaia Akademiia khudozhestv (Imperial Academy of Arts) in Saint Petersburg, Russia, from 1883-1890.
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Place of sale: Cologne
Topics: Schoeller, Ida Schulz, 1863-1917, Frau Guido Schoeller
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Place of sale: London; Date of sale: June 17-July 20, 1882; This is Watson Library copy 2, annotated with names and prices; newspaper clippings inserted at the front and throughout the book; a pamphlet "Excursion to Hamilton Palace" inserted in a pocket at the end of volume. "Catalogue of the collection of pictures, works of art, and decorative objects"
Topics: Auction catalogs, William Douglas Hamilton, 12th Duke of Hamilton, British Association for the...
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Place of sale: New York; Date of sale: Jan. 29, 1919
Topic: Auction catalogs
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All the prints in this collection are extraordinarily fine. Without exception they are in splendid first state, and most of them are perfect untrimmed specimens, peerless examples of this art and craft, to be sold by order of Bank of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin --T.p ; Lancour, 5147 ; Place of sale: New York ; Date of sale: Jan. 6-7, 1927
Topic: Wright, Frank Lloyd, 1867-1959
All existing pages scanned, pages may be missing throughout
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Lugt: 77764
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The Metropolitan Museum of Art
by Puttick and Simpson
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Priced
Topics: Crisp, Frederick Arthur, 1851-1922 -- Art collections -- Catalogs, Heraldic porcelain -- Catalogs,...
List of estimated prices inserted
Topic: Dr. Georg Blohm
100 p., 64 plates :
Topic: Georges Petit
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42 p. : 25 cm
Topic: Li Hung Chang
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Warren, Lloyd -- Art collections;Lloyd Warren
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by Anderson Galleries, Inc
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Including important examples by the master horologists of the XVIIth & XVIIIth centuries --T.p ; Lancour, 5091 ; Place of sale: New York ; Date of sale: Oct. 23, 1926
Topics: Mr. F. H. Green, Count Maurice de Crissey
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
by American Art Association
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Place of sale: New York
Greek and Roman statues, sarcophagi, columns, Greek and Apulian pottery, Romanesque and Gothic sculptures, Romanesque, Gothic & Renaissance architectural elements, Renaissance furniture, sculptured wood groups, bronzes, textiles, silver
Topics: Brummer, Joseph, Estate of Joseph Brummer
Date of sale: Apr. 17-19, 1916; Place of sale: Philadelphia
Topic: Auction catalogs
Sale code: 1069
Topics: Brummer, Joseph, Estate of Joseph Brummer
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
by Sotheby, Wilkinson & Hodge
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Sale code: SOLON
Topics: Caldwell, C. H. B. -- Art collections, W. Morton Philips, C. H. B. Caldwell, Mrs. Constable
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by American Art Association
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French and English furniture; twelve walnut chairs covered in Aubusson tapestry, four Brussels and five Verdure tapestries, textiles, and objects of art ; Cover title
Topics: Vanderbilt, William K. (William Kissam), 1849-1920, William K. Vanderbilt
34 p. ; 25 cm
Topics: O. J. Durrant, Esq, J. E. Fordham, Esq, Miss Muir, Sir Charles Cust, Major Sir F. H. W. Carden,...
All existing pages scanned, pages may be missing throughout
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Sale code: 1059
Topics: Brummer, Joseph, Estate of Joseph Brummer
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Commissaires-priseurs F. Lair-Dubreuil, Henri Baudoin
Topic: Vicomte Beuret
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by Paul Brandt (Firm)
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Place of sale: Amsterdam
Topic: Prof. Dr. A. Stoll
Graham, John, 1887-1961 -- Art collections;Redfern, Edwin C. -- Art collections;John D. Graham;Edwin C. Redfern
88 p., 14 p. of plates :
Topic: M.-L. Bachofen-Burckhardt
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Topics: Collection de Lafaulotte -- Art collections, Armor -- Catalogs
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by Hollstein & Puppel
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Sale code: XL
Topics: Brose, C, C. Brose
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by American Art Galleries
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Place of sale: New York; Date of sale: May 6-10, 1918
Topics: Auction catalogs, Frederic May
Place of sale: London; Date of sale: June 15, 1810; Sale held on the premises of No. 28, Argyle Street
Topics: Auction catalogs, Caleb Whitefoord
Date of sale: November 19, 1930 - November 22, 1930
Topics: Dr. Franz Reichsfreiherr von Werner, Dr. Heinrich Steger, Kunstsammlung der Frau Lisa Gutherz-Ditmar
142 p., XLIV p. of plates : 31 cm
Topics: Dr. Mezey Ferenc [Dr. Franz Mezey], Kilényi Hugó [Hugo v. Kilényi], Farkasházy Jenö [Eugène...
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Topics: Bignault, Dr. -- Art collections, Canessa -- Art collections, Dr. B. [Bignault], M. C. [Canessa or...
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by Leonard & Co. (Boston, Mass.)
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Lancour: 2978
Topics: Walter Lofthouse Dean, Dean, Walter Lofthouse, 1854-1912 -- Catalogs